OTAKOU.

Otago Witness, Issue 2310, 9 June 1898, Page 30

OTAKOU.

J.r/NE 6. — We are having beautiful weather jtisi . now : a great change to the snowy weather of iast weeir. 'T-he<chamge is 'by no .means regretted, as however nice it may 'be to/ watch '.the fe"at;hery j sDowflakes from the security' of a-warm room, it is « •quite a different -matter when you have to do 'out- ' &ide laboui exposed -to 'l/he -bitter 'blast

EOAD Boaiid Eeectiotv.— The election -of bix members to form this Otago Heads Road ' Board procluced a good deal oi ex.-itemenr,, in-asnruch as there -waS'Sfirong party feeling in the matter— one side beiuK strongly in favour of <fche formation 1 tff road? 4.0 i-fihis <end, taxes 'if 'necessary to be put o», and fho other sideas strongly ags/inst.it. ' The , ■result 'of the po 1 !! >was that only two ,of the *former niembsru -(Mr Bishop and TVfr s?'Suley)'and foinnew members (Messrs Burns, Taylw, 'K-iddell. and j Mitdheil 1 ) were returned. ,As the Jorm«i\ Itoail i •Board did'a'bso'lu'tely notbiug to improve or maintain roads, or even >to puocure by-iva3s i f , is -not to . hi regretted that new-'bloo9 'hasbeen infused into \ the board. We are eager to know how the mew ' •board in'teDd 'to 'grapple 'with the quest-ion. Debating Society. — This society is progressing \ very favourably. v'JThe^office'be.n'ers 'intended fcom the /first to-do alhin theirixower xo enc<surage'the , young 'people toftakepai't in the va_rious'iteras, and | it is'evident'fronr-Dhe anreresft'tal'on in-the meet-' 1 ''ings that 'it "is fulfilling fh»ir expectations'; in i fact, the night of 'meeting 'is -eagerly looked for- ; ward to. Last *veek the ><sul>j^ct for debate was , " Is Marriage a.Buccess ? " Mrs Waltbgott taking • the positive and Miss Bain theiragative. It pro- . 'duced a veryanrmatecl discussion, most .persons ( takinff the part of tbe negati-ve. The benedicts mostly abstained from ,the discuaßion. Whether ! this waSfbecause they -were not prepared to upeak - in favour 'Of what then- .-conscience could riot acquit tham, or whether they ,refr*i"ed from painting the joys of married life in -such glowing colours that too "many might be~tempted'to follow their examples, they wisely kejrfc "to themselves On a show of hands being taken -as to which side had been most a'blydebated, thenegutive won on a large majority. The subject ff>r next >night'.s discussion is " Smoking versus "Non-f moking," Mr H. 'Porsyth taking the positive and Mr A. , 'Bishop tht! "nega'fcrve Bide A W"a<rni»g.— The -larrikin-element being -much riii ev-ideiice afc -every >enl,ertaiirinetffc 'held in the place, and making themselves objectionable tD everybody by their misconduct, the matter was j hz ought unflier the .notice ,of the-eehooLoomnaittee, I and .it, was decided to <deal 'summarily witli amy , 'offender in the future. It-is -high time. an example was made of these misgu'ißed youths, whohehave ' in ( eucb a manner as to 't,-poil other jieople's enjoy- . ment. It is to be hoped, for their'own sakes, that ■ a AVcdrning will be sufficient. '. - -New 'Stoke. — The new store is Tajpidly approaching completion. As 'there is no other store ( nearer than five miles we are sometimes placed in . a fix when the provision cask runs low. ,